Police: Father and son stop thieves from stealing scrap metal

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - The North Charleston Police Department say two men who attempted to steal scrap metal from a trailer were stopped by a father and son early Tuesday morning.

When officers arrived on Pullman Street, they observed two men being detained at gunpoint by a father and son. Authorities charged 21-year-old Jumall L. Smalls and Tejay Donnell Glover, 22, with petit larceny of scrap metal.

It all started when a 27-year-old men saw a vehicle drive down a dead end street and not come back out.

Police say the man then woke his father and both looked outside and saw the suspect's vehicle beside a trailer that had several containers of aluminum scrap metal.

According to a police report, the father and son saw the suspects remove a plastic gallon container from the trailer and attempted to place it in their vehicle.

The father then approached the suspects and the duo were detained at gunpoint by the father and son.

The following are excerpts from the 911 call:

Operator: 911, do you need police, fire or EMS?

Caller: Uh, I need a police officer at 5639 Pulliam Street.

Operator: Okay, tell me exactly what happened.

Caller: Uh, my father that owned the property I'm sittin' on, and we're also the law, we got two men that we just caught trying to steal our property. Steal stuff off our property.

Operator: Okay. Are you on scene now?

Caller: Yes ma'am.

Operator: All right, we're getting help on the way, I just need to get some information from you, okay.